Antix unable to update :/

elohelomg · posted: 2010-11-12 22:08

Just came back to antix, got tired of the other distros. They all seem to either be too slow, or too empty.

Anyway, i came across an error after installing antix. I tried to update, and i keep getting this error (both from terminal as root, and the manager)

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Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache-Limit. Current value: 20000000. (man 5 apt.conf)
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache-Limit. Current value: 20000000. (man 5 apt.conf)
E: Error occurred while processing alsa-firmware-loaders (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

I cant install apps from the app manager either.

anticapitalista · posted: 2010-11-12 22:47

Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf and change this line to 70000000

APT::Cache-Limit ;

elohelomg · posted: 2010-11-13 03:01

While that did fix the issue with the updating, another has arrive, from the update __{{emoticon}}__
lol

After an update, i boot the system just fine, and upon booting, i get a bunch of errors something like error -16

anyway, it load up all the stuff that it needs, but, when its time to actually open up the screen, there is nothing displayed. The mouse curser displays a black X, and the screen is grey/white. No desktop.

May I ask for help, yet again?

anticapitalista · posted: 2010-11-13 11:51

Maybe something didn't upgrade correctly.

Boot again to onit 3 (add a 3 to end of line at grub menu) and then login as root.
What does apt-get -f install do/show?

If init 3 fails, and you boot to a grey/white screen, press Ctrl Alt F1 to get to a tty and do
apt-get -f install

elohelomg · posted: 2010-11-13 20:09

i added the line you asked of, and also tried to fix the updates, but no go.

There are about 360 updates that were not updated. They were"kept back".

I see a bunch of xserver, and xorg updates, which makes me wonder if that where the problem lays.

anticapitalista · posted: 2010-11-13 20:42

If you have a fast connection, do

# apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade

but before, either remove wicd if you don't use it, or if you do, as root

# adduser demo

Once the apps are upgraded, you might need to do/ should do

# apt-get -f install

elohelomg · posted: 2010-11-13 21:20

after the update, there is no screen now. it loads through the a terminal like thing. when i try to startx, it says the following:

xinit: No such file or directory (errorno 2_ unable to connect to x server
xinit: no such process (errno 3) server error

anticapitalista · posted: 2010-11-13 21:22

Do apt-get install xorg

elohelomg · posted: 2010-11-13 21:44

the following packages have unmet dependencies:
xog: Depends: xserver-exorg but is not going to be installed
E: broken packages